Expertise

My lab is interested in deciphering how diverse signals regulate and coordinate mammalian heart development and regeneration. With mouse as model system, we specifically aim to determine 1) the regulatory network of key cardiac transcription factors during heart development; 2) the molecular mechanisms of Second Heart Field development; 3) the role of cardiac progenitor cells in heart development and regeneration; and 4) key transcription factors in coronary artery development and function.

Communities
Pediatrics, Pediatrics
Degrees
PhD, Wuhan University, Genetics, 1998
MS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Biochemistry, 1995
BS, Wuhan University, Biology, 1993